00:00Cuba commemorates the centenary of Fidel Castro's birth in Havana.
00:03International delegations from across the globe joined President Miguel Díaz-Canel Army General Raúl Castro
00:08at the Karl Marx Theater to honor the legacy and enduring global impact of the historical revolutionary leader.
00:15For the details from the Cuban capital, we go to our correspondent Belén de los Santos with more information.
00:22It's August 13th, the centenary of the birth of the historical leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro.
00:28This whole week has been leading up to this moment.
00:31Let's recall that in the Fidel Colloquium that has studied and debated about the legacy,
00:38but also the present and the relevance of Fidel's ideas,
00:42delegations from all over the world have come here to Havana for this.
00:47Over 1,000 delegates from across the world and also 500 Cubans participated in this debate.
00:55And now all of these delegations have come here to the Karl Marx Theater to pay their honors
01:01and celebrate this 100 years of Fidel, 100 years of thinking about and building a better future,
01:10a socialist country that is Cuba that continues to stand in the hardest of times.
01:15And it was with an act that, first of all, had the presence of the Army General Raúl Castro here
01:23present
01:24for the moment in which the entire society and world is honoring his brother Fidel Castro,
01:31of course, also with the presence and words of the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel,
01:37who also honored the importance of Fidel, not only for Cuba, but for the world and his ideas
01:43for this moment of thinking how to move forward the struggles of the global south
01:49in a moment of increased siege and violence from the global north.
01:54And Fidel also as a figure who really thought about how to move forward within these challenges
02:02in the toughest of times, that is why his ideas become so relevant today.
02:07And finally, with an act and performance of La Colmenita, the company theater that is so important
02:17here in Cuba with the presence of very young actors and actresses, but not only them,
02:25but with the presence, in honor of Fidel Castro, of key sectors of the Cuban society, that is
02:32the scientists, the people from different sports that have accomplished so much in the name
02:39and with the colors of Cuba across the world.
02:43Also, the five heroes who have become the image and the symbol of Cuban struggle and resistance,
02:51all there up on stage with the younger generations talking about the importance of Fidel Castro,
02:58his ideas, his presence in this moment in Cuba, and the importance of continuing to build,
03:05following those ideals of unity, of fighting for the homeland, and always fighting for a better
03:11world that can be built in this world that we are in right now.
03:16That is what this is all about.
03:17We are in the Karl Marx Theater.
03:19I go back to you now.
